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Securities Arbitration After Mcmahon, Rodriguez, And The New Rules: Can Investors' Rights Really Be Protected?, Perry E. Wallace, Jr.
Securities Arbitration After Mcmahon, Rodriguez, And The New Rules: Can Investors' Rights Really Be Protected?, Perry E. Wallace, Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
Securities arbitration' is now ascendant as a favored device for resolving disputes between broker-dealers and their customers, and much of this recent status derives from a series of United States Supreme Court decisions.' Culminating in Shearson/American Express,Inc. v. McMahon and Rodriguez de Quijas v. Shearson/American Ex-press, Inc., these decisions have ended the reign of certain restrictive judicial decisions that previously governed the availability of arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA or Arbitration Act) Accordingly, such developments presage a greatly expanded use of arbitration as a future means of resolving disputes between broker-dealers and customers." Indeed, since the Supreme Court …
Current Rico Policies Of The Department Of Justice, Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr.
Current Rico Policies Of The Department Of Justice, Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr.
Vanderbilt Law Review
In H.J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. the United States Supreme Court issued its latest opinion interpreting the reach of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).' The H.J. Inc. decision comes at a time when the RICO statute is at the center of controversy. Those opposed to private treble damages suits particularly attack the statute. The defense bar attacks the use of the statute in white-collar prosecutions, especially in those cases involving securities fraud. If the defense bar has its way in Congress, RICO could not be invoked in cases involving fraud alone. The criminal defense bar …